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Sam Donovan Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1996-01-03 Country: USA
Signed Professionally
Minnesota Whitecaps · PHF

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2010-11 Irondale High USHS-MN-W 25 27 17 44 1.760 0.2827 0.2974
2011-12 Irondale High USHS-MN-W 25 52 23 75 3.000 0.4818 0.4859
2012-13 Irondale High USHS-MN-W 25 26 24 50 2.000 0.3212 0.3122
2013-14 Irondale High USHS-MN-W 25 41 40 81 3.240 0.5203 0.4871
2017-18 Connecticut Whale PHF 2 0 1 1 0.500
2018-19 Connecticut Whale PHF 5 0 0 0 0.000
2019-20 Minnesota Whitecaps PHF 6 1 0 1 0.167
Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2017-18 Brown D1 ECAC-W 29 8 8 16 0.552
2016-17 Brown D1 ECAC-W 29 9 12 21 0.724
2015-16 Brown D1 ECAC-W 29 7 7 14 0.483
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.36
before college
Actual FR PPG
0.48
2015-16 · Brown
+35.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#891
Forward overall
#49
Forward born in 1996

D1 Comparables

USHS-MN-W · 2013-14 · 3.08 PPG
→ Minnesota (1.07 D1 FR PPG)
0.49 Elite
NCAAe PPG
USHS-MN-W · 2013-14 · 2.96 PPG
→ Ohio State (0.17 D1 FR PPG)
0.48 Developing
NCAAe PPG
SMLIIGA-W · 2012-13 · 1.25 PPG
→ North Dakota (0.56 D1 FR PPG)
0.47 Strong
NCAAe PPG
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 2.92 PPG
→ Minnesota Duluth (0.11 D1 FR PPG)
0.47 Developing
NCAAe PPG
USHS-MN-W · 2012-13 · 3.17 PPG
→ UConn (0.27 D1 FR PPG)
0.51 Developing
NCAAe PPG

D2/3 Comparables

Minnesota ·
1.073 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Ohio State ·
0.167 Developing
actual D2/3 PPG
North Dakota ·
0.559 Average
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.